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Farming community laments poor roadway
The farming community of Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara, which is known to be one of the most productive on East Bank Demerara, is in dire need of a proper roadway to carry their produce to the public road.
According to residents, it is disrespectful that after pleading with Government officials for years about the deplorable road conditions, the situation seems to be getting worse.
A section of the deplorable roadway
Residents noted that the poultry and cash crop community has been sustaining losses when transporting perishables and feed.
.”Imagine when you come through here with feed for poultry in your vehicle, it wrings up the vehicle and puts us in more expense. And when you got to carry out sock it is another scenario which damages the vehicles,” one farmer underscored.
Adding that this slows up business in the area, another farmer said that residents are requesting that the relevant authorities visit, inspect the roads and listen to the concerns of residents in the farming community.
“Over 200 persons are employed along the street alone. This is one of the most productive streets on the entire East Bank Demerara. And all we are kindly asking for is a better road so vehicles will be better able to traverse in the area to take out their produce without damage. School children and residents also won’t have to walk the one plus mile roadway to reach the public road,” another farmer emphatically said.
The farmers noted that it would take millions of dollars to continuously maintain the roadway, and they have exhausted their contributions in helping to patch the road.
Other farmers are saying that Government officials are claiming that they don’t have money to carry out proper road works. However, they are contending that if the government gives tax breaks to the farming community, they, on their own, would be willing to maintain the roadway for two years.
Farmers who requested anonymity explained that four years to date the roadway has been in a terrible state, and the Craig/Caledonia Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is no help in the area.
“I don’t understand why Government would wait until they have to spend $10 to fix something when you can spend $5 and save money for a project that could be done early. But people in authority wait until things get real bad then complain that they don’t have money.”
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